What other Marvel movies would you most like to see made in the next few years and why? Alternatively, which stories from the comics would you really like to see adapted in the inevitable sequels like (for instance) Cap 3?
I’d love a Black Panther movie, like was rumored over the last few months. I think he’s a remarkable hero and it’d be great to get a strong black hero. Plus he’s an important wheel in that universe, one of the more important ones you could add to the periphery. There are three kind of "big-ish" heroes that I'm really big into and I'd love movies for all three. Black Panther's one, another would be Daredevil. I KNOW, I KNOW, Daredevil's movie was already terrible once. But Marvel's on a roll of "do no wrong" so I think, in the right hands, he'd be great. With the rights back from Fox, I would be a little surprised to see it included in the vaunted "phase three," mostly because of that horrible last attempt. The third character I’m a huge sucker for is Iron Fist but I’d be surprised to see him in a movie without a Heroes for Hire angle and I don’t particularly love Luke Cage, so 50-50 there. I’d also love to see a Captain Marvel/Ms. Marvel movie made, if the character can really catch on through the new book, if just to introduce a strong female character as a major player in the universe. I’d like to see Vision, for some reason, but I can’t see a movie about him working. He’d work fine beside Ultron in a possible Avengers 3 (I almost guarantee that's the third Avengers movie, especially with Ant Man in phase three) and joining the team, but by himself he wouldn’t work. Or maybe he would, I’m no movie maker. I’m also kind of an Inhumans fan, but I don’t know where they’d fall in copyright problems. I know Fox is claiming that they own anyone termed “mutant” and I feel like the Inhumans have, though I might have made this up at some point, in some book been called early mutants. Again, I might have made this up or dreamt it, but Fox could totally be dicks about that. It seems they've announced Doc Strange as a guaranteed movie in phase three alongside at least Ant Man. I'm totally happy with that. Good guy, different feel, different look, it'll be neat.
Stories I’d like to see is a little harder. I really can’t overstate how much I absolutely adore the Winter Soldier storyline so I’m just so giddy about that. I love the idea of Civil War and I don’t really know why you bring Maria Hill into Avengers unless you’re planning to delve into that. Civil War has looked worse in retrospect, I think, because it sort of kicked off the whole “heroes-fighting-heroes in big events” thing that Marvel is on right now, which isn’t necessarily great, but I love the reasoning behind it and it adds depth to Cap. But it would be a tricky movie. Same for Secret Invasion, in a way. I’m not sure I’d like that in a movie, frankly. There’s too much involved. That showing up in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was all I really needed. Bummed that show’s getting cancelled, for the record. Boy, World War Hulk was kind of cool, huh? I don’t know if that would work in a movie either, but that was just a pure action event. All kinds of crazy. I wouldn’t mind seeing something in Iron Man with his alcoholism, but I also don’t know that it’s necessary. Why complicate the movie character unless it’s REALLY going to benefit the movies? I think Armor Wars is a pretty standard answer for him, but I’m not sure it’s necessary. I mean, the first two movies so far have been about people using his technology, or technology based on his design. What are the chances the third movie doesn’t have something to do with that (though I think I heard something about Extremis related to this…again, COULD be made up)? There was a GREAT arc in the Black Panther series from the late 90s, I think, where Panther alienates his former Avengers teammates by more or less revealing that he only took the spot on the team to spy on them and gather intelligence. Then a little later on, I think, he absolutely demolishes Iron Man in a fight. I don’t think the stories were related, if I’m remembering correctly, but it’s not a bad idea. I love Panther and characters like him (Namor, Black Bolt, etc) because they will help the Avengers or whoever at times and they’re typically good at heart, but they’re rulers and everything they do has to fall into that perspective. Panther joined the Avengers, sure, but he did it to make sure they wouldn’t negatively impact Wakanda. I love those kinds of ideas.
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| Age of Ultron series...suspiciously timed? |
Was this answer too long? Probably, but everything I write seems to be so WHATEVER. What would you want to see done?
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